Robert John Braidwood | |
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Born | |
Died | January 15, 2003 | (aged 95)
Spouse | Linda Braidwood |
Academic background | |
Education |
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Thesis | The comparative archaeology of early Syria: from the time of the earliest known village cultures through the Akkadian period. (1943) |
Doctoral advisor | James Henry Breasted |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Archaeology |
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Institutions | University of Chicago |
Doctoral students | Robert McCormick Adams Jr. Patty Jo Watson |
Notable students |
Robert John Braidwood (29 July 1907 – 15 January 2003) was an American archaeologist and anthropologist, one of the founders of scientific archaeology, and a leader in the field of Near Eastern Prehistory.